Example sentences of "present [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't need all that much from each club to keep us afloat but if we do n't get your help , I am very concerned that in the present recession we shall not be able to keep up our work and in conclusion Your Royal Highness perhaps I could just say that the Seamanship Foundation is very grateful to the R Y A , to the Treasurer , Chris and particularly to the Senior Managers who have done everything they can to help the foundation , thank you . |
| 2 | In the present case we have the advantage of evidence which the judge lacked : in particular the mother 's statement and the Official Solicitor 's report . |
| 3 | In the present case we think that there was sufficient consideration for the notes in the compromise made as it was . |
| 4 | In the present case we shall take the view that the perception of two distinct types of phrase here can be explained rather simply by a divergence of relation at the intensional level . |
| 5 | But in the present case it appears that there was no sufficient evidence . |
| 6 | But in the present case it is contrary to fair play for Mr. Tully to prevent the plaintiffs from recovering damages caused by wrongdoing inflicted on Abbey . |
| 7 | Accordingly , in the present case it would have been , I think , impossible for the solicitors , however careful they had been , to make an assessment which accurately reflected the remuneration which would have been paid to them and to counsel after the matter had been considered under the arrangements provided by the legal aid board . |
| 8 | … In the present case it is not even averred that the defendants knew of the pregnancy of the plaintiff 's mother when they received her as a passenger ; it is merely averred that in fact she was then quick with child , viz. with the plaintiff , to whom she subsequently gave birth . |
| 9 | In the present case it is alleged that Pantell S.A. has contravened sections 47 , 56 and 57 . |
| 10 | ‘ In the judgment of this court it would be difficult , and in the present case it is unnecessary , to reduce within specific limits the general terms in which the duties of police constables have been expressed . |
| 11 | But in the present case it was time to take a stand , to declare once and for all that on this occasion at least the truth was as obvious and evident as it appeared to be . |
| 12 | In the present case it is in my judgment clearly established by the evidence , first , that the plaintiff had a belief at all material times that she was going to receive both the cottage and the remainder of the deceased 's property on his death , and secondly , that this belief was encouraged by the deceased . |
| 13 | In the present case it is conceded that Mrs Mountford is entitled to exclusive possession and is not a lodger . |
| 14 | The court accepted that in certain circumstances information about prices could be invested with a sufficient degree of confidentiality to make that information a business secret or its equivalent but in the present case it found factors which led it to the conclusion that neither the information about the prices nor the sales information as a whole had the degree of confidentiality necessary to support the plaintiff 's claim . |
| 15 | An interim care order gives more flexibility to the plaintiffs as well as the other advantages of a care order and although , as I said at the outset , one rarely interferes with an interim order , in the present case I am less disinclined to interfere because of the initial invalidity of part of the order made by the justices . |
| 16 | So if the revenue had refused in the exercise of their discretion to make the repayment they did in the present case I am of opinion that in the absence of any other remedy it would have been open to Woolwich to claim repayment in proceedings for judicial review , and there would appear to be no reason why such proceedings would not have been successful . |
| 17 | In the present case I do not agree with Mann L.J. , with all respect to him , that there is any great difficulty in defining the persons from whom , applying the principle to which I have just referred , the decision-making authority might be required to seek representations . |
| 18 | In the present case I agree with Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. and Butler-Sloss L.J . |
| 19 | I would add that in the present case I am satisfied that the decision of the visitor was correct . |
| 20 | On the evidence in the present case I am satisfied that one reason why the plaintiff did so much for the deceased was her belief that , although she was not a blood relative of his , he would leave his estate to her on his death ; but , on the authority of Greasley v Cooke [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 1306 , if the evidence was not sufficient to establish this positively , the plaintiff would still succeed on the fourth element in the absence of proof that she did not rely on the deceased 's statements . |
| 21 | Here if I am wrong , my error is substantial , for in being wrong about whether ‘ pink ’ is the word to describe my present experience I am wrong about what pink is and hence about whether my experience is of pink rather than of orange . |
| 22 | But suddenly the thought of her mama was painful to her , and to push it away she leaned back again , said , amusement plain in her voice , which , although she did not know it , surprised Neil Cochrane a little , ‘ Oh , I will be good , because in my present condition I can not be anything else , I fear . ’ |
| 23 | In its present condition it is unusable . |
| 24 | In order to understand our present confusion it is necessary once again to go back to its history . |
| 25 | In the present chapter we shall consider mainly the relations between producers and institutions , and only in that context the question of direct formations . |
| 26 | In this final section of the present chapter we pull together some important issues relating to the context within which the LEA sought to improve the classroom practice of its primary teachers . |
| 27 | In the present chapter we consider some of the main issues of policy and strategy which the Leeds approach raises : the way PNP policy was formulated and communicated ; the substance and interpretation of the policy ; and the LEA 's own strategies for implementing the policy — as opposed to those adopted in the schools which have been considered in previous chapters — with particular reference to the INSET programme . |
| 28 | In the present chapter we consider aspects of the LEA-based strategies in greater detail . |
| 29 | In the present chapter we shall consider terms other than exemption clauses . |
| 30 | In the present Chapter I have written of movements in theory in the present tense , whereas what is ideally required is something grammatically subtler — perhaps there are languages where it exists — like a special tense in which the present extends back to include actions or events that are already in the recent past . |